I was just thinking about risk-taking. To many of us, it connotes things like sky-diving, or maybe to those of us past adolescence, things like skateboarding. But something one of my students said to me recently reminded me how returning to college after you've been away can seem like "risky business."
She said she was scared to death to take adult college classes because she was afraid she'd be the only one who "didn't know anything," and she didn't want to feel stupid. How sad, because the truth is, she's not alone. I hear that all the time. And obviously, she went ahead and signed up for one course (to prove to herself that she could do it) at Granite State College, and guess what: as soon as she mentioned that she was kind of nervous and it was her first course, practically everyone in the room said they'd felt the same way. She had decided to make her first course a "hybrid" course, which means that some of the classes would be in a regular classroom and some of them would be online. She figured this would be the best of both worlds: she'd be taking an adult college course, and would get a chance to meet her professor and fellow students, but wouldn't have to show up for every class.
Risk-taking is an important part of growing, and interestingly, something that people with some brain disorders never want to do - take risks or try anything different. (My psychology teacher hat seems to always be on my head.) So maybe the bottom line is, if you want to keep growing, go ahead and take that risk. Try an adult college class.
She said she was scared to death to take adult college classes because she was afraid she'd be the only one who "didn't know anything," and she didn't want to feel stupid. How sad, because the truth is, she's not alone. I hear that all the time. And obviously, she went ahead and signed up for one course (to prove to herself that she could do it) at Granite State College, and guess what: as soon as she mentioned that she was kind of nervous and it was her first course, practically everyone in the room said they'd felt the same way. She had decided to make her first course a "hybrid" course, which means that some of the classes would be in a regular classroom and some of them would be online. She figured this would be the best of both worlds: she'd be taking an adult college course, and would get a chance to meet her professor and fellow students, but wouldn't have to show up for every class.
Risk-taking is an important part of growing, and interestingly, something that people with some brain disorders never want to do - take risks or try anything different. (My psychology teacher hat seems to always be on my head.) So maybe the bottom line is, if you want to keep growing, go ahead and take that risk. Try an adult college class.
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